Relative Weight, Weight Change, Height, and Breast Cancer Risk in Asian-American Women
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عنوان ژورنال: JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0027-8874,1460-2105
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.10.650